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Jack Sparling - Unearthly Spectaculars #1 Cover Unpublished
Version Original Art (Harvey, 1965). Jack Sparling unleashed
this lunging strike by the feral Tiger Boy at two State Police
officers for the cover of Unearthly Spectaculars #1.
Startling as it is, perhaps editor Joe Simon felt that it just
wasn't quite unearthly enough! As a result, he photostatted
the art and used only portions of Jack Sparling's design to create
a highly modified version for the final publication. Note that the
creatures found in the left of Jack Sparling's original design were
converted from shaggy "moss-men," to less humanoid, more gnarly
"tree-creatures" for the final design. The image size of Tiger Man
and the State Policemen in Sparling's original version are much
larger in the cover's composition. The art is in Excellent
condition, with only a minor amount of white-out used. The overall
paper size is 13.75" x 18.25", with an image area of 12" x 17". A
replacement logo has been added to complete the Unearthly
Spectaculars #1 cover image. Although this image was not used
for the final cover, it remains a very handsome, ultra-dramatic
depiction of Harvey Comics' Tiger Boy in action.